locale: South East

Hot-smoked and salted herring, gutted and head off, but roes left in place.

Very large gooseberry. Green but the skin turning white and transparent when ripe. Developed before 1860, this, the classic English gooseberry, became hugely po...

Soda-raised white wheatflour bread made with dark sugar, treacle, egg, sultanas and mixed spices.

Double-crust apple pie, the filling enhanced with breadcrumbs, with sweet spices, or with honey, dried fruit etc.

Brisket of beef cured, either dry or wet, in salts with a small admixture of spices, commonly bay and juniper. Common sodium chloride salt is used, traditionall...

Beef joint soaked c5days in brine, boiled with carrots etc and dumplings. Served with mustard (British Food Trust, etc)

Medium-heavy soda-raised white wheatflour cake with dried fruit, sweet spices and a small admixture of, usually cider, vinegar. It is said to have remarkable ke...